I have a Canon Elura as well, and it plays real nice with the Toshiba RD-XS35. Through firewire, the Toshiba lets you auto create chapters (or not) by scene or by date. Although I haven't tried a recent (post 633) Pioneer or Sony, the Toshiba, unlike the Philips or the Panasonic EH50 or EH55, sets the widescreen flag for 16:9 video I import via firewire from my Elura. And the PQ is great!